Swab stopper



Jun 26, 1923' G. l.. HARVEY swAB sToPPER Filed Nov. s, 1920 mvcmPatented inne 26, i923.

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GILBERT L. HARVEY, `OIE' PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SWAB STOPlPER. ,f Y

Application med Novemier sf, ieee. ,n serial 422,539.

To @ZZ w hom. 'it may concern Be it known that I, GILBERT L. HARVEY, acitizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented Swab Stoppers, oi which the following is a specification.

In making sterile hypodermic injections it is absolutely necessary thatthe site of injection, the hypodermic needle, and the 1o solution to beinjected shall all be maintained in an'aseptic condition.

@ne object of my invention is to provide an improved puncturable closurettor a container holding liquid intended for hypol5 dermic injections,which while effectively closing the container, shall be especiallyadapted to itself enclose a swab saturated with an antiseptic solutionwhich will maintain in an aseptic condition that particular part of theclosure adapted to be punctured by the needle of a hypodermic syringewhen it is desired to withdraw liquid from said container; said swabbeing alsov adapted for sterilizing the needle of the hypodermic syringeand also the patients skin at the site of injection, thus eliminatingthe necessity of having at hand a separate container of antisepticsolution and a swab for this purpose.

I further desire to provide a no-vel form of closure including anapplicator, pref erably in the form of a swab, with novel means wherebysaid swab is normally maintainedv isolated from the material within thecontainer and at the same time kept ready for use in applying ordelivering such material.

These objects and other advantageous ends I attain as hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which thefigure is a longitudinal vertical section of a bottle showing myinvention as applied thereto.

In the above drawings, 1 represents a bottle or other container havingremovably mounted in its neck a hollow outwardly flanged closure 2,which while it will be made of any suitable material, in one form of myinvention is constructed of soft rubber so that its bottom portion 3 maybe easily punctured by the needle o'l a hypodermic syringe.

Removably mounted in this closure 2 is a hollow upwardly projectingstopper 4 preferably having a flange extending over the flanged upperedge of the closure 2 within which it extends and designed to receive anelongated applicator in the form of a swab yor caused to dip intoantiseptic material `which is contained within the hollow of the closure2.

Under conditions of use the stopper 4 with the attached swab may bewithdrawn from the closure 2 and said swab applied to a hypodermicneedle or to a part of the human body to render the same aseptic.Obviously the antiseptic material within the hollow of the closure 2 orthe saturated swab maintains the bottom portion of this free Jfrommicro-organisms, so that after the removal of the stopper 4 with theswab 6, the needle of a hypodermic syringe may be forced through saidportion into the bottle 1, from which the liquid may be withdrawn byoperating the syringe in the well known manner. v

Not only may the hypodermic needle be perfectly cleaned and renderedantiseptic by the use ot' the swab 6, but obviously the introduction ofsaid needle into the container neither contaminates the needle nor thecontents of said container.

I claim:

1. The combination of a closure for a medicinal solution container, saidclosure having a portion puncturable by a needle point; and anapplicator carried by and enclosed within said closure.

2L The combination of a container for a medicinal solution; a hollowclosure therefor having a portion puncturable yby a needle point; astopper normally closing an opening into said closure; and an applicatorcarried by the stopper within the hollow of the closure. t

3. The combination of a `container for a medicinal solution; a hollowclosure therefor formed to extend into said container and 'having itslower portion of material punc- 5. The combination of a container for amedicinal solution; a closuretherefor; and an applicator attached to theclosure'and isolated from the interior of the container 5 by a memberpuncturablc by a needle point.

6. The combination of a container; a holloW closure therefor having aportion Con-v opening into said closure; and an antiseptic 10 swabwithin the closure'. 1

7.Tlie combination of a riibber closure for a medicinal solutioncontainer, said closure being)r in the form of a container and beingpuncturable by a needle point; a 15 stopper for said closure; and anapplicator carried by the stopper Within the closure.

GILBERT L. HARVEY.

